Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12214

European Parliament calls for sound public finances and deepening of Economic and Monetary Union

Brussels, 14/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 13 March, MEPs, meeting in plenary session of the Parliament, voted (387 votes in favour, 186 against, 50 abstentions) in favour of the own-initiative report by Tom Vandenkendelaere (EPP, Belgium) on the European Semester and the 2019 Annual Growth Survey calling for Member States to have sound public finances.

It should be noted that a series of amendments had been tabled, mainly by the GUE/NGL and ELDD groups, but none of them were adopted.